Door closes on election petitions wrap up
Staff Writer | Wednesday February 12, 2020 10:06
Currently, the Gaborone High Court lawyers and three judges are racing against time and the slow wheels of justice to conclude the only remaining case that of Mogakakwe Mogalakwe against Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and another.
Mogalakwe, who was a candidate for Alliance for Progressives (AP), is contesting the outcome of the Mosolotshane-Moralane ward in the Shoshong constituency.
Justices Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe, Omphemetse Motumise and Itumeleng Segopolo are presiding over the case and would be expected to make a ruling concerning the continuation of the case if it could not be concluded today.
Kesebelwang Gaorongwe of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won Mosolotshane/Moralane ward with 674 votes to Mogalakwe’s 637. The other candidate, Lucas Mokalake of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) trailed behind with 264 votes.